Mitt Romney is electable over McCain in the general. UPDATE: MITT IS NOT ARROGANT. Update: I told you so. Update: Dobson finally supports who?

This is a discussion that is really quite ridiculous to me.

It has always been obvious to me that McCain is going to lose in the general election against Hillary or Obama.

This was confirmed to me after having a conversation with my liberal friends. They were quietly snickering about the Republicans only chance being John McCain, because of his age...... etc.

Romney in the general election, in the debates, in interviews, will hands down win it all, because he will rise to the occasion of the particular challenge at hand, which is how he has been successful throughout his life.
This ability to rise to a challenge is a quality that only slowly comes to life over time, since the most we hear from him is quick sound bites here and there.

Romney truly wants to serve the people of this country, with only the best motives in mind. His only ulterior motive, if you will, is to do what is best for the country.
And if he hasn't figured it all out yet what is good for the country, he will, as time goes by and he is presented with the challenges ahead.

Browsing through his website www.mittromney.com, one can see fairly quickly that his entire effort is the most thought out, comprehensive and wonkish of them all.
This by the way, is intimidating to the establishment officials who resist change, as well as to ignoramuses at large.

This quality/ability to rise to a challenge is also what appears to many as flipping and flopping, when actually it's just true evolution towards improvement, visa vi what's good for the people he's serving at the time.

Mitt Romney is a perfect candidate for those of us who believe in having a voice-in-the-Republic, because he truly does want to listen to all well thought out arguments.
The: 'Ask Mitt Anything' campaign was not a farce or a joke, it was and is real.

HotAir commentator EJDolbow on February 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
has an interesting take on Mitt's electability.

Update: 11:35 A.M.

So much for experts. Via HotAir, the FNC had an ex' pert on, saying that Mitt's body language communicates arrogance.
No sweetheart, that's not arrogance. That's confidence!

No wonder you woman who "cannot find" real men are such lost souls. You want men with confidence, but when you do find them, you don't like'em because you think they are arrogant.

So you are left with hugging pillows that look and feel like a boyfriend.

You women are funny!

In closing, thanks for the entertainment girls. Too bad you can't get your head screwed on right.

It's been real, but I'm headed to Russia.

And for you wimpy guys looking for a solution, start here, and gain some confidence.


Update: 1:00 P.M.

I told you that Dr. Dobson (and most likely Huckabee supporters) couldn't support McCain in an earlier post. Scroll down to: 'Links to my heartfelt rants on HotAir' or click here.


Update: 2:22 P.M.

Dr. Dobson finally supports someone... well sort of. Via HotAir headlines.

Yeah.. he will vote for Mitt Romney in the general election. So why not endorse him in the primary. I'm sure he's going to vote for someone in the primary. Who is it?

This seriously, really gets under my skin. He's apparently afraid to un-endorse Huckabee because of an evangelical backlash.

That's not a principled stand! That's far worse than a chicken out! Despicable, that's what it is. Utterly despicable!!

The cause of the fall of The Roman Empire.

A (attempted) debate with a McCain shill who also blogged about what caused the fall of the Roman Empire, resulted in this astonishing revelation:

It was unrestrained immigration that finally caused the Empire to fall.

It's pretty simple stuff.

You can see the discussion on HotAir for yourself here.

This is an important discussion to be addressed in more detail later.

Update: 12:00 P.M.

It's looks like just what I figured.

It's the battle over immigration that is at stake here, with the establishment GOP, supporting McCain who is a shameless supporter of amnesty by default.

Read Daily Pundit's blog that highlights this very issue in more detail (as linked by HotAir commentator Connie.

Links to my heartfelt rants on HotAir

Specifying the anti-Romney bias is the theme of this one.

This one reiterates the influence Dr. Dobson has.

This one highlights again how Dr. Dobson cannot support the ole 'Cain, because of McCain/Feingold and how it already... restricts the free speech of Focus On The Family.
The link to Dobson's, March 2007 letter regarding this is here.
(Warning: This article is not for the faint of heart such as "little children", so keep the little ones away.)

And you ole 'Cain supporters claim to be real conservatives!?!

No.

You, are flat out STUPID IS WHAT YOU ARE!
(And I'm becoming really pissed about it, in case you cannot tell)


This one reminds us of why we defeated the amnesty bill and why Bush (and McCain) lost his way with the American people.

I mean, can you believe that Bush is this arrogant still?

Quote:
"....Bush is upset that Romney changed his position on the issue, compared to what it had been when he was governor of Massachusetts, at the expense of the president's immigration reform...".

MIND BOGGLING!!

Why not Alan Keyes, instead of Huckabee, Dr. Dobson?

I just got back from an Alan Keyes event.

The more I listen to him the less I understand why Dr. Dobson, et al, don't get behind him.

It just absolutely boggles my mind!

I mean this is not the first time Keyes has been in the political picture!

He is accredited as bringing so many of the conservative issues to the forefront in debates because of his vast knowledge of the issues that our country was founded on, including the sanctity of life, etc. etc.

Sure, I've heard about him before. But it usually came with a bit of scorn or some kind of negativity tagged on to it, so I didn't pay much attention to him.

Now, I'm really pissed that he has had so much scorn poured onto him, for whatever reason.

But James Dobson is older, much older than me, and has by all accounts been paying more close attention to politics, for much longer than me.

So I just don't understand why Dobson wouldn't support Keyes instead of Huckabee!

It seriously boggles my mind!

Does anybody have an answer?

Update: 01-31-2008

After all it's the principle that matters here and not whether we think he can win against Hillary, right?

That was Dr. Dobson's argument for Huckabee when he was an unknown, i.e., if everybody voted with their conscience, then, he could win!

(Transalation: Poor us, but nobody will, so therefore we are screwed!)

Alan Keyes has a direct tie to Ronald Reagan (see www.alankeyes.com)

The Gipper spoke very highly of him.

Why not Alan Keyes, Dr. Dobson?

According to this search result he did consider it at some point:
"James Dobson, whose Focus on the Family reaches millions of followers through radio and newsletter subscriptions, is expected to reveal his choice this week. Alan Keyes for President! Some evangelical insiders predict that Mr. ..".

You Huckabee shills sure are some very special kind of wimps!

What? Am I too hard on Dr. Dobson?

Why? Because I implied that he is a political hack? Well why don't we count the ways, shall we?

1. He doesn't hold Huckabee to the same standard as he did Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson or even John McCain.
2. He didn't properly evaluate Huckabee before starting to speak well of him.
3. He, to this date hasn't revoked his words of praise for Huckabee.

What other word describes Dobson better at this point?

You tell me.

He may not think of himself as a hack or even intentionally trying to be one. That's not the point.
He's a political hack by default. Is that better?

Just because someone has had great integrity in the past, guarantees absolutely nothing in the future!

The truth is never pleasant. Swallow it now, before it's gets even more bitter.